Five Secrets of Laminate Floor Installation

By Chrisjob

DIY site Awnings-and-Blinds have pooled five installtion secrets for laminate floorings. With the increasing popularity of these materials, as all major floorings companies manufacture it, it will soon join painting walls and pillow making as high up on the no-need-to-pay-someone-to-do-it-for-you list.

Say goodbye to beige carpet.

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1) Manufacture Matchmaking

2) Installation Layout

3) Stick to the glue gun

4) Cut out calamities

5) Core truths

(Image from bhkuniclic.com)

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June 11, 2007

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felisaudis

June 12, 2007

Installing it is so super simple! We did our Living, Dining Kitchen and will do our two bedrooms next spring. I had troubles with the thresholds too... My husband calls me 90% girl, because it's VERY VERY hard for me to do the last 10% of any project. He finally gave in and got some of his friends to finish them for me as a gift. :-)

badbadivy

June 11, 2007

:::sigh:::: We have installed laminate flooring. I was totally going to write about it for the site, but months later, my husband STILL has not installed the thresholds.

HillaryJohnson

June 11, 2007

Speaking of beige carpet (which I have), a bamboo flooring retailer I know through work recently told me that it's perfectly possible to lay a bamboo floor right over carpet, which is handy if like me you rent. Then you can take the flooring with you when you leave. He said for assembly he'd use plain old elmers glue, which would come apart again easily and is non-toxic.

I think laminate floors are super easy to lay, but questionable from the eco/health perspective. Like carpet, they're made with chemical compounds that tend to "off gas" for a very long time. Linoleum, marmoleum and wood can be laid in much the same way, though.